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Cisco supports NEPAD E-Schools demonstration project
Cisco is a key participant in the New Partnership for Africa's Development of e-Schools by contributing with both people and financial resources to implement information and communication technology in educational institutions across the continent.
School facilities
"Most of South Africa's 32,000 schools have no libraries or laboratories. Most pupils have to study with too few desks and chairs, and without enough textbooks. School buildings are often ramshackle buildings that are unsafe for educational purposes."
The Veolia Foundation helps autistic children attend school
The Veolia Foundation has made a grant to the French NGO, Chrysalide, to purchase IT and audio-visual equipment to assist in the integration of 5 autistic children aged 3 to 12 into a school in Biarritz.
Kopernik helps Green School to save energy
Michael Woon, a Kopernik Fellow in Timor-Leste, visited Green School in Bali not only to learn more about the school, but also to get a sense for how appropriate technology and hands on build-it and do-it lessons could be incorporated into their curriculum.
IT Schools Africa (ITSA)
IT Schools Africa (ITSA) is a UK-based charity which delivers recycled computers to African schools to improve education & cross-cultural communication. Established in 2004 to address the problem of textbook shortages in African schools, ITSA works in partnership with CFAS (Computers for...
Shanti Vidya Mandir School
The Shanti Vidya Mandir School (SVMS) provides people with the opportunity to study and learn the language in which all the sacred texts of India were originally written - Sanskrit. SVMS also helps the impoverished in rural India with Eye Camps to restore sight to those blinded by cataracts, with...
Help Afghan School Children Organisation (HASCO)
Help Afghan School Children Organisation (HASCO) is Vienna-based nonprofit organisation devoted to helping Afghan families affected by poverty and war, and especially Afghan school children to regain their educational future. HASCO volunteers in different countries spending their time and...
Barclays partners with TCF to support schools in Pakistan
In December 2008, Barclays Pakistan partnered with TCF, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality formal education in a conducive learning environment, to support their efforts in making education affordable to masses by a contribution of over Rs. 4.65 million (GBP 39,010) for a year.
McDonalds funds the education of Australian children on the importance of supporting seriously ill children
Since 1990, Camp Quality has been reaching primary school children through the McDonald’s Camp Quality Puppets, funded by Macdonald’s Australia.
Educational need
"[In Africa] 15,000 schools do not yet have electricity supplied. [This means] no photocopiers, or other equipment, so essential in modern education, can be used. 17,000 schools do not have telephones. 10,000 schools have no running water."
Veolia Foundation assists Moroccan children with disabilities to attend school with their peers
The Veolia Foundation, a French environmental organization, has provided financial assistance to Pinocchio, a Moroccan NGO, to assist the integration of children with physical and other disabilities into mainstream education.
Food for Development in Nigeria
In 2004, the Nasarawa State Government (NSG), under the mandate of Nigerian President Obasanjo, collaborated with Tetra Pak West Africa (TPWA) in the development of a state‐wide school feed programme using Nutri‐Sip, a maize‐based meal supplement that had been developed and deployed in South...
Saraman partners to provide affordable and green earthquake-Safe Schools and Housing
Housing is a major challenge for the rising young population of developing countries. For households who have their dwelling as their main asset and shelter, the robustness of the construction is crucial, especially in earthquake-prone areas. Yet, in low-income markets, conventional construction...
European Summer School on EU Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum, Brussels, 4-15 July 2011
The Summer School is an initiative of the Odysseus Network, an academic network established to carry out analysis of and research on the legislation of EU member states relating to immigration and asylum. The Summer School included seminars covering the relevant legislation of the 21 member...
ExxonMobil is partnering with SEED Foundation to promote sustaining global water supplies
Imperial Oil Limited, the Canadian affiliate of ExxonMobil, is partnering with the nonprofit Society, Environment and Energy Development Studies (SEEDS) Foundation to bring environmental education to secondary schools in Canada.
IKEA and WWF Joint Cotton Projects
IKEA and WWF cooperate on a project in India and Pakistan to develop better cotton farming practices. About 2,000 farmers in Pakistan and 500 in India are being trained in Farmer Field Schools where they learn how to reduce the amount of water and chemicals they use. This has a positive impact on...
A Fresh Start: Asian villages carve out a new life
In 2004, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which credits itself with having saved the American bison a century ago, set up the Tmatboey Ibis Ecotourism Project to lure bird-watchers. During the most recent peak season, November 2008 to May 2009, services provided to bird-watching visitors brought...
About 20,000 schools [in South Africa], with 10 million pupils, have no libraries and few books
"About 20,000 schools [in South Africa], with 10 million pupils, have no libraries and few books, even if they do have shelves." Community H.E.A.R.T.
Discarded bicycles
"Every year Americans buy 14 million new bicycles and discard 5 million old ones, leaving many more of them abandoned and unused in basements, sheds and garages across the United States. Meanwhile, poor people in the developing third world countries need cheap, non-polluting transportation to get...
Child poverty
"Around 121 million children, the majority of them girls, do not attend school and are denied their right to an education."